Sr. Manager, Procurement - Softgels

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

EDUCATION

A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent; MBA preferred

EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of procurement / category management experience
• 3 years proven experience of negotiation skills and formulating the business requirements for a commercial trade contract
• 3 years proven experience of global sourcing for a global multinational manufacturing company and leading Global Value Sourcing projects, “Cradle to Grave”
• 3 years proven experience with the usage of electronic sourcing tools for RFI, RFQ, Reverse Auction (ARIBA)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in commodity sourcing or direct project sourcing and management or purchasing and commercial management
• Experience from a project management role under a consultancy organization or a facility manager role under a multinational company is desired
• Experience with low cost sourcing and supplier quality assessment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Familiar with the customer bidding process and suppliers in a commercial pharma contracting industry is a strong plus
• Demonstrated success in developing and fostering relationships with suppliers while driving lower costs, superior performance and continuous improvement
• Negotiate and write supply agreements
• Excellent people skills, project management skills, good business knowledge and a teammate
• Proactive and result oriented
• Ability to work in multi-tasking and a multi-cultural environment
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SCALE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports and promotes the internal business groups with supplier/supply chain rationale and direction
• Delivers on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Procurement

TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports regulatory compliance activities: internal tracking systems, audit requirements, internal change controls, etc.
• Collaborates with Site to gather Category Strategy and Sourcing requirements, gain sign-off on supplier selections and awards
• Rationalizes and uses the vendor base on a category basis, measure and improve “compliance” to the corporate contracts

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides strategic leadership and direction to the operational (site) procurement groups to support overall goals for performance including Right First Time (RFT), On Time in Full (OTIF), Purchase Price Variance (PPV) savings targets, and Quality Assurance
• Partners with key internal functions (e.g., COE’s ) to ensure categories strategies will be identified and implemented In accordance with COE’s Support and implement category strategy using SSMF Methodology
• Mentors and develops staff through coaching and development, implements talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results